In this episode, we speak with Dr. Karen Talmadge, scientist, entrepreneur, and inspiring veteran of the medtech industry on the board of numerous exciting startups. She shares her experience working in the lab of a Nobel Laureate as a Ph.D. student, her journey as a scientist as she focused on bridging the gap between scientific research and its applications towards society, and her innovative funding approach in the field of diabetes, which had become a real and relevant problem in her own family life.